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  • Cocktail DIY / Flower Petal Ice Cubes

        I love the idea of sprucing up water or cocktails with flower petal ice cubes. They add so much fun color that your drink is instantly more festive! My mother-in-law has billions…

    July 31, 2014
  • DIY Painted Flower Pots for Confetti Online

    I wrote a little post over on Confetti online that I thought you might enjoy. They’re the fastest, simplest painted flower pots. I think they’d make great centrepieces for a garden wedding or for…

    July 3, 2014
  • DIY Stamped and Watercolored Poem Greeting Cards

    I have a confession to make. I do not actually need more greeting cards. I’m a recovering greeting card hoarder. I’d pick up pretty boxes of thank you notes and blank cards, mostly from…

    April 17, 2014
  • DIY Fabric Covered Numbers for Confetti.ie

    I was doing so well with DIY Thursday at the start of the year, and then those Thursdays just got away from me. I do have an excuse, which I’d like to share with…

    April 10, 2014
  • Simple DIY / Copper Gilded Salt Cellars

    Happy Thursday, friends! Time for another DIY project and this one, yet again, is the simplest. I got it in my head that for my 30th birthday dinner party, I wanted to have touches…

    February 27, 2014
  • DIY / A Traditional Irish Phone Seat Makeover

    Happy DIY Thursday, friends! The sun is shining (for the moment, at least), and I’m excited to share this little DIY phone seat that I made over for our almost-finished front room. I used…

    February 20, 2014
  • Simple DIY / Valentine’s Heart T-shirt

    Happy Valentine’s Day, friends! I have a little simple DIY for your Friday that will take you all of twenty minutes to create, just in time for a Valentine’s date tonight. And if your…

    February 14, 2014
  • Simple DIY // Gilded Valentine’s Plant Pots

    Another DIY Thursday project for you today! This one was all set and ready to go last week when my website went haywire and took a 72 hour hiatus. But this week, all is…

    February 6, 2014
  • Bedroom Reveal and a Moss Cottage Giveaway!

    After a harrowing weekend dealing with a hacked website (I’m sorry if you visited and weren’t able to see anything!), I am finally, finally, finally ready to share the reveal of our bedroom makeover!…

    February 3, 2014
  • Simple DIY / Rock Magnets

    It’s Thursday, so it’s DIY day here on From China Village! These really simple DIY rock magnets are inspired my mom. Each place she travels, she collects a rock to add to her collection.…

    January 23, 2014